Classical Conversations

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Cheyanne Douglas, 5, of Minot Air Force Base, second from left, gets help from her mother, Collette Douglas, in the Classical Conversations classroom for 4- and 5-year-olds as they work on a science project about oil Thursday morning, while others watch, including tutor Carey Billings, back center, also of Minot AFB. A 24-week winter program focusing on classical education and how to reclaim the lost tools of learning, Classical Conversations is a new program for North Dakota. For more about the program and its director, see Monday’s edition of The Minot Daily News.

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Angie Summers, Minot, with the help of her daughter, Shiloh, 6, give a presentation on oil to students, tutors/parents in the Classical Conversations program Thursday morning in St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Minot. Summers’ husband works in the oil field. The family came to Minot from Louisiana.